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When he had finished this letter he despatched another to Lord Aspeden, claiming a reprieve of some days before he answered the proposal of the diplomatist. After these epistolary efforts, he summoned his valet, and told him, apparently in a careless tone, to find out if Lady Westborough was still in town.
But I cannot conceive that any duty can be sufficiently strong to detain him from you," added Lady Westborough, who had been accustomed all her life to a devotion unparalleled in this age. "You seem very indulgent, Flora."
No: all was calm, cold, listless; her cheek changed not tint nor hue, and her words, clear and collected, seemed to contradict whatever the low murmurs of her betrothed might well be supposed to insinuate. But, even in his behaviour, there was something which, had Lady Westborough been less contented than she was with the externals and surface of manner, would have alarmed her for her daughter.
Clarence stood still for one moment, evidently striving to master the wrath which literally swelled his form beyond its ordinary proportions; and Lady Westborough, recovering herself in the brief pause, passed between the two, and, taking her daughter's arm, led her from the pavilion. "Stay, madam, for one instant!" cried Clarence, and he caught hold of her robe.
Clarence stood still for one moment, evidently striving to master the wrath which literally swelled his form beyond its ordinary proportions; and Lady Westborough, recovering herself in the brief pause, passed between the two, and, taking her daughter's arm, led her from the pavilion. "Stay, madam, for one instant!" cried Clarence, and he caught hold of her robe.
What a charming character is a kind old man. "Cheer up, my dear boy," said Talbot, kindly, "we must never despair. What though Lady Westborough has forbidden you the boudoir, a boudoir is a very different thing from a daughter, and you have no right to suppose that the veto extends to both. But now that we are on this subject, do let me reason with you seriously.
Restless and impatient, Clarence walked back to his inn, and had not been there many minutes before a servant, in the Westborough livery, appeared at the door of the humble hostelry, and left the following letter for his perusal and gratification: Sir, The letter intended for my daughter has just been given to me by Lady Westborough.
His Royal Highness the Duke of came up to Lady Westborough; and Clarence, with a smiling countenance and an absent heart, plunged into the crowd. There he met Lord Aspeden, in conversation with the Earl of Holdenworth, one of the administration. "Ah, Linden," said the diplomatist, "let me introduce you to Lord Holdenworth, a clever young man, my dear lord, and plays the flute beautifully."
Lady Flora raised her eyes for one moment, and encountering the ardent gaze of Clarence, as instantly dropped them. "The time is not yet come," said Linden, "for the fulfilment of this promise; but may I dare I hope, that when it does, I shall not be " "Flora, my love," said Lady Westborough, "let me introduce to you Lord Borodaile."
But if the thought really does make you wretched, and yet, how can it?" "I have consented," said Flora, gently; "all I ask is, do not speak to me more of the the event than you can avoid." Lady Westborough pressed her hand, sighed, and replied not.
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